10 Tips for "Gaining Friendship with the Worthy"

1. Indentify the mature righteous and gain their friendship, observing the norms for gaining such friendship.
2. Cultivate the friendship of those who ward your ills and safeguard you against ills with great ardour.
3. The best amidst all accomplishements is gaining the friednship of the worthy.
4. Greatest strength lies in gaining the friendship of those worthier than one.
5. As those who from the circle close to the king must choose them with great discretion.
6. The enemies of the one who has the friendship of the worthy will be powerless against him.
7. Who can work the ruin of any one who has the friendship of those who reprove him when needed?
8. The unprotected king who has none to rebuke him, when necessary, will get ruined, even if others don't work his ruin.
9. One can't get profit without capital. One can't get stability without the support of trusthworthy friends.
10. It is dangerous to proliferate one's enemies. It is ten times more dangerous to give up the friendship of the worthy.
Thirukkural